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this is a new piece, why I've published it on the front page, resting, it has its permanent home as part of the series called Political Works I hear you are having bad weather while here it is cold but settled and Nameed tells me it is not

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⑩ Memory & Cinema

⑩ Memory & Cinema

After cinema what does memory do? This is the question I am trying to answer. By 'after cinema' I mean after its advent as a globally accessible technology, a globally successful technology, which spread out to all four corners of the world, since the world then had them,

⑦ How Cinema Has Changed Our Minds

⑦ How Cinema Has Changed Our Minds

⑥ indirect proof of the unity of the executive functions we associate with the subject, ego or self

⑥ indirect proof of the unity of the executive functions we associate with the subject, ego or self

⓪ The proof of the infinity of attributes

⓪ The proof of the infinity of attributes

⑤ virtual images

⑤ virtual images

④ The Region of Images

⊕︎The "Region of Images"

⊕︎The "Region of Images"

theory

the painter of mental scenery

the painter of mental scenery

The title comes from Bergson's Matter and Memory. (Translation, N.M. Paul and W.S. Palmer for Zone Books, p. 170; the online searchable copy p. 69 (yes, they pack a lot in).) The title recalls Baudelaire's essay "The Painter of Modern Life." (see

AI Perceptual Ontology: better AI through better metaphysics by turns

AI Perceptual Ontology: better AI through better metaphysics by turns

Bergson, Deleuze & Cinema (to be contd.)

Bergson, Deleuze & Cinema (to be contd.)

freedom, distraction, the interval & emotion

freedom, distraction, the interval & emotion

Minus workshop 7, part 1: naturalism / gesture

Minus workshop 7, part 1: naturalism / gesture

Thus, the AI on embodied perception in Minus Theatre

Thus, the AI on embodied perception in Minus Theatre

human virtual multiplicity and AI’s singular expectancy

human virtual multiplicity and AI’s singular expectancy

journal

The Kingdom of Bahrain, مملكة البحرين

The Kingdom of Bahrain, مملكة البحرين

this morning, Viktor Frankl's lost lectures on the meaning of life caught my eye at The Marginalian—marginalia on the search for meaning. A review by Maria Popova of lectures originally given in German, for the first time translated into English, under the sensational title of Yes to

echo chamber? or playing to an audience of 1 (-1 if you count the AI)

echo chamber? or playing to an audience of 1 (-1 if you count the AI)

the birds at Al-Suwaidi Park and other cultural attractions

the birds at Al-Suwaidi Park and other cultural attractions

nightshopping: faces and places

nightshopping: faces and places

Noor Riyadh 2025

Noor Riyadh 2025

the shortest camel ride in the world to the Edge of the World, and beyond

the shortest camel ride in the world to the Edge of the World, and beyond

dinner with chips, Banan Expo & a taste of Noor

dinner with chips, Banan Expo & a taste of Noor

poetry

Political Works

Political Works

bad weather I hear you are having bad weather while here it is cold but settled and Nameed tells me it is not unseasonal he tells me also he has a good manager unreasonal this is my neologism for places reason can go but it is not allowed Nameed is

moieties*

moieties*

A Piece of Fabric, Tell it to the birds & lying in long grass - for my parents

A Piece of Fabric, Tell it to the birds & lying in long grass - for my parents

enantiomorphosis: the messianic | Danaë, or resistance

enantiomorphosis: the messianic | Danaë, or resistance

a journey (2016)

a journey (2016)

fr. Sweetheart, over____ (2006)

fr. Sweetheart, over____ (2006)

the pieces of ... soap

the pieces of ... soap

otherwriting

contempt

contempt

The following fascinates me for its utter contempt for human imagination. At this stage that's all I want to say about it. A scifi dystopia where all resources are channelled into a vain attempt to produce an AI sufficiently intelligent that it can stop the attempt to build

Stupidity, Idiocy and the Problem of Evil: art after genocide, part III

Stupidity, Idiocy and the Problem of Evil: art after genocide, part III

art after genocide, part II

art after genocide, part II

Minus Theatre Riyadh: a visionary project seeking expressions of interest

Minus Theatre Riyadh: a visionary project seeking expressions of interest

Tomorrow Belongs To Me: art after genocide

Tomorrow Belongs To Me: art after genocide

moving image: theory | context: lecture 10

moving image: theory | context: lecture 10

moving image: theory | context: lecture 9

moving image: theory | context: lecture 9